diff --git a/py/desispec/_version.py b/py/desispec/_version.py
index 575035ea1..2912e374b 100644
--- a/py/desispec/_version.py
+++ b/py/desispec/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.60.0'
+__version__ = '0.60.0.dev7988'